My New PC... about to hit CHECKOUT.

turboduck · 18 Mar 2009 at 08:33

Hi Guys,

Just about to order the below, please can you have a quick look and see if you can find anything that would possibly be and issue or something i may have overlooked. I already have a CDROM drive from my old rig.

2 X BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (BFGRGTX2951792E)

Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM

Antec 1200 Twelve Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black (No PSU)

Corsair TX 850W ATX SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXUK)

2 x OCZ 6GB 1800MHz DDR3 PC3-14400 (3 X 2GB) Reaper Low Voltage Tri-Channel Kit (OCZ3RPR1800LV6GK)

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366)

Total £2,127.95

Cheers for any feedback/criticism !

This is what i actually ordered and i have only 1 issue, the case is so nice but it does not have enough room for alll 3 graphics cards (see page 3 for pics)

Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

3 X BFG GeForce GTX 285 OC2 1024MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Retail

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - OEM

Silverstone Temjin TJ09B-W Aluminium Tower Case with Window - Black (No PSU)

Corsair HX 1000W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply (CMPSU-1000HXUK)

2 X Crucial 64GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (CT64GBFAA0)

OCZ 6GB 1800MHz DDR3 PC3-14400 (3 X 2GB) Reaper Low Voltage Tri-Channel Kit (OCZ3RPR1800LV6GK)

Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler (Socket 940/AM2/LGA775/LGA1366

Turboduck

_Jimlad_ · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:05

wow looks nice to me mate, but i'm not 100% with high end stuff, sure it's gonna be a beast!

ro55o · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:12

turboduck said:
2 X BFG GeForce GTX 295 1792MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (BFGRGTX2951792E)

2 of them! :eek:

Why would you need 2 x 295's? I'm just curious, I mean it's your money and if you can then why not, but seriously, that's a lot of fire power and money

You better be playing all your games at 2560*1600!

There was a link to a review kicking about on the graphics card forum about quad Sli

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3520

andyinoz · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:14

heya, looks schweet, im not sure about the nvidia side of graphics at the mo cos ive only bin researching ATI but im pretty sure most people dont agree with the whole 295 model, lol summin about it being pretty much the same as summin a lot cheaper? however im not at all sure about that so blah lol. looks cool tho im sure it'll absolutely kick a**

turboduck · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:16

wow guys thanks for the quick responses XD

yeah i know i just wanna go a little bit crazy and not have to worry about upgrading again for another 1 - 2 years. I enjoy building high end stuff so i figure if i got the money and i enjoy it what does it matter

Yeah im running everything on my 30 inch dell at 2560x1600 so i want something that will at least give me some half decent frame rates rather than a slide show.

do you think 12GB of ram is a bit excessive ?

Also do you think i should grad a solid state hard drive while im there for my OS or will a normal WD Raptor not hold me back that much ?

Cheers !!!

ScarySquirrel · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:18

If you have the money (as it seems you do) you may as well get an SSD for the OS.

Am I right in saying that the 2 x 295's come in at over £1k?

Admiral Huddy · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:24

Nice willy waving rig, but a bit excessive giving what games are available at the moment.

_Jimlad_ · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:28

the games market looks rubbish from where i'm standing, but your be able to play anything on that bad boy. glad the credit crunch has not hit you

DarthBallz · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:29

why don't you buy one 295 now and the other in 1-2 years?

use the money left to take the missus to majorca.

ro55o · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:30

ScarySquirrel said:
If you have the money (as it seems you do) you may as well get an SSD for the OS.

Am I right in saying that the 2 x 295's come in at over £1k?

10p shy with delivery

If you have the money then why the hell not.

I have to agree with ScarySquirrel, looking at the rest of the rig (namely1k on graphics

) go for an SSD as a boot drive, it'll show a huge improvement and enlarge the e-peen even more!

12gb of ram won't really show an improvement over 6 in gaming, as they basically can't use all of it, even 6 wouldn't get fully used. Put the money saved on just getting 6gb towards an SSD.

turboduck · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:31

"willy waving rig" omg that made me rofl ! Well yeah i cant be arsed to keep upgrading every 6 months to a year so i just i want something that will do me for 2 years, and 2x 295s come in at 988.98 so not over a grand but not far off !!!

Dya think ill be able to power everything sufficiently with a 850w PSU or should i get a 1000w ? My electricity bill is already 100 quid a month so i don't wanna get that extra power if its not needed

Thanks for all the responses i really appreciate it.

ro55o · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:36

turboduck said:
"willy waving rig" omg that made me rofl ! Well yeah i cant be arsed to keep upgrading every 6 months to a year so i just i want something that will do me for 2 years, and 2x 295s come in at 988.98 so not over a grand but not far off !!!

Dya think ill be able to power everything sufficiently with a 850w PSU or should i get a 1000w ? My electricity bill is already 100 quid a month so i don't wanna get that extra power if its not needed

Thanks for all the responses i really appreciate it.

Even if you get a 1000W PSU it'll only pull what it needs, i.e. say your rig uses 600W, then both the 850 and 1000W PSU's will use 600W, it won't use more power, just give a bit mroe headroom. I'd go with 850 being enough, according to that review they were pulling just over 600W with the 2 x 295's. Just make sure it has all the connections you need.

turboduck · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:36

speaking of the credit crunch not hitting me lol i work in banking believe it or not ! Even worse i used to work for Lehmans and got out just before they went under...

steve258 · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:36

turboduck said:
do you think 12GB of ram is a bit excessive?

Yes but then so is 2x GTX295..

The sensible side in me would suggest getting a standard P6T with 6gb ram and a single 4870X2 2Gb instead and save hundreds of ££.

Quad SLI has very little benefit over dual apart from benchmarks perhaps, and a single 295 is only about equal/marginally better than 4870X2 even though the 295 is £100 more expensive.

I'm not saying that you should'nt go crazy I'm just saying that money spent wisely is money better spent

_Jimlad_ · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:39

turboduck said:
speaking of the credit crunch not hitting me lol i work in banking believe it or not ! Even worse i used to work for Lehmans and got out just before they went under...

i was only kidding, i'm just jealious! sweet system if you have the money then there is no point saving

- buy it!

turboduck · 18 Mar 2009 at 09:48

cool speaking of the 4870X2 and the fact that the MOBO can take both, ya think i should swap the 2x295's with 2 x 4870X2's ?

_Jimlad_ · 18 Mar 2009 at 10:05

turboduck said:
cool speaking of the 4870X2 and the fact that the MOBO can take both, ya think i should swap the 2x295's with 2 x 4870X2's ?

stick too your guns mate, go with the 295's but to be honest one would be ample!

ro55o · 18 Mar 2009 at 10:10

Get either one 295 or 4870x2, then if you feel it's not enough, get another one. You might find one enough, saving yourself £400-£500.

dlknight · 18 Mar 2009 at 10:14

turboduck said:
cool speaking of the 4870X2 and the fact that the MOBO can take both, ya think i should swap the 2x295's with 2 x 4870X2's ?

That's what I would do, and what about a nicer case with some of the money saved? A Silverstone TJ07 or TJ10 would be nice with that setup? or one of the larger Lian Li, (Armorsuit PC80?).

And you HAVE to write up a build log on that beast so we can all drool over the pictures

Good luck with the build

WhiteKnight

Microwave · 18 Mar 2009 at 10:14

Two GTX 295's.... get a 1000W.

Plus this is just an e-peen boosting thread, I'm sure you know it's a good computer.